Elphinstone, Queensland (Toowoomba Region)
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| Coordinates: 27°58′55″S 151°54′04″E / 27.9819°S 151.9011°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Queensland | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 26.3 km2 (10.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 60 (2021 census)[1] | ||||||||||||
| • Density | 2.28/km2 (5.9/sq mi) | ||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+10:00 (AEST) | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 4361 | ||||||||||||
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Elphinstone is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia.[2] In the 2021 census, Elphinstone had a population of 60 people.[1]
The locality's name was originally a railway station name, called after pioneer Darling Downs pastoralist Ernest George Beck Elphinstone Dalrymple related to Patrick Leslie of Canning Downs and Goomburra.[2]
Elphinstone Provisional School opened on 28 May 1888. On 1 January 1909, it became Elphinstone State School. It closed temporarily in 1922, but soon re-opened. It closed permanently in 1963.[3] It was at 519 Dungannon Road (27°58′23″S 151°52′16″E / 27.97308°S 151.87121°E).[4][5][6]
